Yearly Archives: 2014

Dear GoBrazil Alumni! We miss you all here! Why not to visit us again? We invite you to remember your best moments in Brazil and share with us! Open the folder with you photos from Brazil and let the nostalgia bring you back. For sure you have had a lot of great moments here, but

Black Awareness Day is celebrated on 20th of November in Brazil. It is dedicated to the fight against the black slavery. Looking for the icon to reverence, black movement in Brazil has chosen “Zumbi dos Palmares” – one of the leaders of the black resistance, the hero from XVII century different from US where contemporary

By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The period to register for the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has just been extended until December 15th, therefore prolonging the registration period for another month. This is the last opportunity to sign up as a volunteer for one of the biggest sports events

The horse is very important animal in Brazil. They still work a lot and don´t let the cars to substitute their jobs. Some of them even can not be substituted. Like the place where horses work as therapists – Hippotherapy. This month we visited couple of those places with our volunteers and were amazed by

Our partner Commissão Pastoral da Terra (CPT) launched on 16th October the new book about Landless Workers´ Movement (Port.: Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra – or MST). It has been said and written a lot about Landless Workers´ Movement in Brazil – one of the biggest social movement in Latain America. Land and Pastoral in

The small house at Garça Torta will become a home of the photo exposition “Alagoas Spring”. 56 photos were selected from more than 200 photos, professional and amateurs, and will be exposed at Casa da Arte for the next two months. Not only photos from Brazil, but also from various places of our planet –

According to The economist the business world is going through the internships boom. Larger graduate pools and stagnant world economy are the main reasons of growing number of internship placements. Almost every graduate has an internship in the CV already before graduating. How to differentiate yourself from others? How to make your CV standing out

Jeitinho Brasileiro (engl. Brazilian sly way) – this expression is often used by Brazilians to describe the way how do they solve problems. Often related to finding the solution, though something is prohibited, considered not possible or expensive. This way is characterized by high level of creativity and improvisation. It is believed that every Brazilian

The Way He Looks (Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho, in the original Portuguese), directed by Daniel Ribeiro, was selected by Brazil’s Ministry of Culture to fight for the spot as the best foreign-language movie at the 2015 Oscars, minister Marta Suplicy an…

The beautiful beaches of our beloved Maceió and the whole Brazil are getting more and more polluted, more and more animals are found dead on the coast. Beaches, seas and lakes become the final destination of the majority of the wastes produced by humans which causes the animals to die eating the rubbish. To attract

A survey conducted in 63 slums, or favelas, in 35 cities throughout Brazil, shows that 94 percent of favela residents say they are happy, and three thirds would not leave their neighborhood if their income doubled, in spite of being strongly critical …

By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Both Brazilians and foreigners can now register as volunteers for the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games. Registration opened on the Brazilian National Day of the Volunteer, Thursday August 28th, and will remain open until November 15th. “The Volunteer Program of the Rio 2016